Gerardo Sámano Córdova is a writer and artist from Mexico City living in Brooklyn. He is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed novel, Monstrilio, and the forthcoming novel Imps! He is currently Writer in Residence at Fordham University. He received his MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. He has studied at Bread Loaf and Tin House Workshop. Gerardo has also been known to draw little creatures.